本草

běncǎo
  1. a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine
  2. Chinese materia medica

CEDICT

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) materia medica
  2. materia medica

Wiktionary

  1. 我国古代记载药物的着作。因以草类居多，故称为「本草」。
  2. 神农本草经的简称。参见「神农本草经」条。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 本 běn
  1. (bound form) root; stem
  2. (bound form) origin; source
  3. (bound form) one's own; this
  4. (bound form) this; the current (year etc)
  5. (bound form) original
  6. (bound form) inherent
  7. originally; initially
  8. capital; principal
  9. classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
=2 草 cǎo variant of 草 cǎo
=2 草 cǎo
  1. grass
  2. straw
  3. manuscript
  4. draft (of a document)
  5. careless
  6. rough

classifiers: 棵, 撮, 株, 根

Containing this entry

新修本草 Xīnxiūběncǎo Tang dynasty compendium of herbal medicine
本草纲目 Běncǎo Gāngmù Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596, compiled by Li Shizhen 李时珍 Lǐ Shízhēn
神农本草经 Shénnóng Běncǎo Jīng Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls
神农本草经 Shénnóng Běncǎojīng